---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the application for and loans from the Texas military value revolving loan account."
description: "Relating to the application for and loans from the Texas military value revolving loan account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 2131"
citation: "Texas SB 2131 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "LOANS (S0117)", "MILITARY PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0442)", "PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY", "TEXAS (V8580)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortez", "Powell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce145f83-ed67-4017-bf76-7ac4afb6fe5c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2131.xml"
source_hash: "8435404c325a514391c4d2e398da698b50c5c657041a9e791eb8bacdb0cbd7aa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 2131 (86) — Relating to the application for and loans from the Texas military value revolving loan account.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB02131I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cortez — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-30** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-01** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** House passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce145f83-ed67-4017-bf76-7ac4afb6fe5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).